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You'd want to do something like HLS which can use standard HTTP but not directly to someone's home. You'd need some sort of CDN or cloud intermediary to handle
by mikeryan 12y ago
You'd want to do something like HLS which can use standard HTTP but not directly to someone's home. You'd need some sort of CDN or cloud intermediary to handle the load.
Or some sort of peer-to-peer Popcorn time style (Bittorrent Live?[1]) that can distribute the load across all viewers.
Hmm... "Twitch-Time" may be an interesting way to resurrect that service.
[1] http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/15/5414430/bittorrent-live-mobile-app-launching-2014 http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/15/5414430/bittorrent-live-mo...
- pferde 12y agoWasn't multicast designed for something like this?
- morenoh149 12y agoI feel like multicast could solve a lot of similar problems. But not every router on the internet plays nicely with it.
- TheLoneWolfling 12y agoPeer-to-peer streaming doesn't really work well generally, unfortunately. It inherently increases latency.